Americans Spend More Time Buying Things Than Socializing

Americans spend 42 minutes each day on average spending money. And the amount of time spent “socializing and communicating”? Just 35 minutes.

It gets better on the weekends though. Although time spent buying things goes up to 50 minutes per day on weekends and holidays, Americans spend 62 minutes per day socializing.

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That’s the latest result of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ annual “American Time Use Survey.” The survey is based on annual average data from the American Time Use Survey about how individuals age 15 and over spend their time.

As far as sports and volunteering goes? Forget about it. The average American spends 18 minutes per day participating in sports, exercise and recreation, and just 9 minutes per day volunteering.

Here’s a guide to the top 10 ways the average American spends their day, according to the BLS: